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Human-Pig Hybrid Created in the Lab—Here Are the Facts
National Geographic ^ | January 26, 2017 | Erin Blakemore

Posted on 01/27/2017 5:08:53 AM PST by blackbetty59

In a remarkable—if likely controversial—feat, scientists announced today that they have created the first successful human-animal hybrids. The project proves that human cells can be introduced into a non-human organism, survive, and even grow inside a host animal, in this case, pigs.

This biomedical advance has long been a dream and a quandary for scientists hoping to address a critical shortage of donor organs.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ethics; followthemoney; organharvesting; transplants
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Well, now that we have proven that we can cross humans with animals, what sort of hell will we unleash on ourselves?
1 posted on 01/27/2017 5:08:53 AM PST by blackbetty59
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The man-bear-pig - 50% of each


2 posted on 01/27/2017 5:09:46 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: blackbetty59
A few of their clients?


3 posted on 01/27/2017 5:13:02 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: blackbetty59

Bible, Bible, Jesus, super soldier, Frankenstein...!

Oh wait, I need a heart transplant...!!


4 posted on 01/27/2017 5:13:30 AM PST by gaijin
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To: blackbetty59

Well, makes sense given that dems have given up on the white vote. Now they can manufacture their own constituencies.


5 posted on 01/27/2017 5:15:58 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: blackbetty59
Without having to read the entire article, can someone tell me if it's Rosie O’Donnell or Michael Moore?
6 posted on 01/27/2017 5:17:13 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: gaijin

Is history repeating? Back to the days of Noah—
creating part-animal and part-humans, in an attempt to
pollute the image of God?

That last time didn’t work out very well...


7 posted on 01/27/2017 5:17:46 AM PST by CondorFlight (I)
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To: blackbetty59

Like nothing will go wrong with that. Super swine flu.


8 posted on 01/27/2017 5:18:40 AM PST by Clean_Sweep
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To: gaijin

Scientists cannot experiment on humans so they want to create a subhuman class that is free from such restrictions.


9 posted on 01/27/2017 5:24:45 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
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To: blackbetty59

As a man, I can see where growing replacement organs in an animal that will be slaughtered anyway would be convenient.

As a Christian, I am aghast.


10 posted on 01/27/2017 5:27:54 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Yo-Yo

Not quite that dramatic. They’re trying to grow a human pancreas inside a pig embryo, so the pancreas can be harvested for transplant. Where are the PETA people on this one?


11 posted on 01/27/2017 5:28:05 AM PST by trad_anglican
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To: gaijin

And beacon! What can go wrong?


12 posted on 01/27/2017 5:29:09 AM PST by WorksinKOP
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13 posted on 01/27/2017 5:29:30 AM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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New breed of Democrat voters.


14 posted on 01/27/2017 5:29:38 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: from occupied ga
Manbearpig.


15 posted on 01/27/2017 5:29:43 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: WorksinKOP

Bacon


16 posted on 01/27/2017 5:30:24 AM PST by WorksinKOP
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To: blackbetty59
It's cute!


17 posted on 01/27/2017 5:30:57 AM PST by dead
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A strange group for future Democrat identity politics, but never rule out the possibility.


18 posted on 01/27/2017 5:31:25 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( Agenda driven news is fake news.)
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Paging Dr. Moreau, Dr. Moreau phone call.


19 posted on 01/27/2017 5:31:28 AM PST by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: a fool in paradise

They already have a class for that, 100% pigs..!

everybody imagines hear the pigs will be 50% human, that’s ridiculous..!

the pigs were talking about here are far, far less than 1% human: they look exactly like pigs, they behave exactly like pigs.

if a hundred pigs ran by and you were challenged to choose out the altered Pig, you would choose incorrectly every single time..!

My prediction is that any Luddite who hits me over the head with the Bible here (incorrectly) doesn’t need any organ transplant.


20 posted on 01/27/2017 5:31:28 AM PST by gaijin
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